Lorne Fitch is a retired Alberta government fish and wildlife biologist and a past adjunct professor with the University of Calgary. He is the author of Streams of Consequence: Dispatches from the ...

A parasitic brain worm fatal to moose, elk, and caribou has been confirmed in northern Alberta for the first time.

Alberta’s plan to transform peace officers into rural crime fighters will cost millions of dollars to implement and operate, and the government intends to pay for it out of its existing budget rather ...

A grizzly is spotted alongside a highway in this file photo. The Alberta government is introducing targeted hunts for specific grizzly bears that have become 'problematic.' (David Gray/CBC - image ...

Alberta’s United Conservative Party government has moved on a proposal to split wildlife management responsibilities in the province, creating a new department of hunting and fishing in the Forestry, ...

Provincial data suggests Alberta’s roadkill numbers are soaring, with snakes hit particularly hard last year. Alberta Wildlife Watch says almost 400 snake carcasses were reported to it in 2023. The ...

Jeff Bectell is not a bear lover. He’s not a bear hater either. He’s a lover of wildlife but he’d never call himself a conservationist. Yet, among conservationists and cattle ranchers in southern ...

Construction has started on a wildlife bridge over the Trans-Canada Highway where dozens of elk have been killed by vehicles driving through Alberta’s mountains. Alberta Transportation said the ...

Scientists said today that the draft South Saskatchewan Regional Plan released recently by the Alberta government falls far short of protecting vulnerable fish and wildlife populations and headwater ...

Ice fishermen huddle over a hole in the ice on Ghost Lake Reservoir near Cochrane, Alta., Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. Alberta's United Conservative government has moved on a plan to split the job of ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. EDMONTON — Alberta’s United Conservative Party government has moved on a proposal to split wildlife ...